Pauline Chapponière-Chaix (b. Geneva, Switzerland, 1850 – d. 1934, Geneva, Switzerland) was for more than a decade active as a deaconess in France. During that time, she cared for children in an asylum, she worked in a women’s prison and ran a Protestant girls’ home. Back in Switzerland she was actively involved in the Geneva women’s union, Union des femmes, and was active in Swiss and international women’s movement.
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